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Board hears plan to lengthen high school day to recover three instructional days; state recommended approach to 'banked time'
Summary
Director of Instruction Miss Miller told the board staff will lengthen high-school instructional minutes and align bell times with middle school to recover about three days of lost instruction, following recommendations from the Virginia Department of Education.
Director of Instruction Miss Miller and the superintendent described a plan, informed by discussions with the Virginia Department of Education, to lengthen high-school class periods and align high-school and middle-school bell times to recover instructional minutes the district otherwise would have lost by opening a new high school.
Miss Miller said the issue centers on clock hours and the state’s minimum school-year standard (180 days or 990 instructional hours). At the high school level, course clock-hour requirements differ from…
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